Abstract: . . .  all areas of the hospital caring for cardiac surgery Page 2 patients participated in a one hour educational program highlighting the role of beta blockers in arrhythmia suppression. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database was utilized to extract and analyze prospective data. RESULTS: In 2002, the incidence of atrial fibrillation was 27% . . .
. . .  fibrillation rate will be necessary to assure that this quality improvement is sustained. Further research should address contraindications to beta blocker administration and the incidence of atrial fibrillation in the population who did not receive beta blockers vs. the population who did receive beta blocker administration.  . . .
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